Preposition: on

• behalf: Allen Lane, who had founded Penguin just prior to World War II, asked Hoggart to testify on behalf of the press.

Preposition: at

• hearing: A young woman comes forth to testify at a public hearing.

Preposition: as

• witness: As a chaplain, I was asked to testify as a character witness for a forty year old man on remand.

Modifying Another Word

• amply: He is certainly no cavalier with facts, as his own work on Russia amply testifies.

• personally: I can personally testify to its excellent results in a wide range of conditions.

• readily: He was an outstanding teacher and craftsman and any old pupils reading this who knew him will readily testify to this.

• all: All testify to the unpopularity of the Iraq war stretching through all ranks.

• clearly: As the above texts clearly testify, he is actually a Divine Being, the very human revelation of Yahweh God himself!

Preposition: before

• jury: Last week Judith Miller of the New York Times was jailed after she refused to testify before a grand jury about her source.

Preposition: in

• court: The FBI comes in to protect the other two to ensure they are able to testify in court 45 hours later.

• trial: In 1931 or 1932 I was called to testify in a trial against Dr. Goebbels in Berlin.

Preposition: under

• oath: Wolfowitz avoids prosecution for perjury because he did not testify under oath.